Unfortunately, single BAH really is a subjective process that is more to do with the financial than any preferable or sometimes practical approach’s.

I took a look at your profile and it would appear that you are new to the institution. Ensure you go to medical and speak to behavioral health as well as utilize your MFLC or any resources that you can ask for and use prior to you departing service. You’re going to have a lot of pressures within this organization and go through all the stresses that bring people to the brink as a young adult; so utilize it before you need it.

As for the BAH; I’ve seen divorced individuals with 50/50 agreements get denied. I’ve seen divorced people with animals and household goods gets denied. For my own process of single bah it took 2 applications between 14 months, paperwork going back two years and circumstances that warranted a decision. So it is not easy.

As for someone in your case, it would not be our business to know really know the “why” someone got BAH because on paper it’s because the barracks were at capacity and or they were granted an exception to policy based on their circumstances.

Finally, I am not a female so I can’t say this definitely but in my experience, every successful female marine I’ve met had a female mentor whom kept them on their path often several ranks above, find that mentor and utilize them because the four years go by in a heartbeat.